Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait
Frederick William Beechey (1796–1856), naval officer and hydrographer, was born into a family of artists, joined the Navy at a young age and went on to travel the world to survey coastlines and oceans. He published several accounts of his expeditions to destinations including the Arctic and Africa....
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781139014878 2024-06-09T07:44:08+00:00 Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait To Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, under the Command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28 Beechey, Frederick William 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139014878 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781108031035 9781139014878 monograph 2011 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139014878 2024-05-15T12:58:49Z Frederick William Beechey (1796–1856), naval officer and hydrographer, was born into a family of artists, joined the Navy at a young age and went on to travel the world to survey coastlines and oceans. He published several accounts of his expeditions to destinations including the Arctic and Africa. This two-volume work, first published in 1831, describes his voyage as commander of the Blossom in 1825–1828. The ship's mission was to support the exploration of the North-West Passage by travelling eastwards via the Bering Strait to meet the explorers Sir John Franklin and Sir Edward Parry who were travelling west from the North Atlantic. Volume 1 records Beechey's outward journey via Cape Horn, his visits to Pitcairn Island, where he met the last surviving Bounty mutineer and documented his story (retold in Chapters 3 and 4), Tahiti, and Hawai'i, and his first season exploring the Bering Strait. Book Arctic Bering Strait North Atlantic North West Passage Cambridge University Press Arctic Bering Strait Cape Horn ENVELOPE(-135.021,-135.021,61.583,61.583) Pacific Parry ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-64.283,-64.283) |
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Frederick William Beechey (1796–1856), naval officer and hydrographer, was born into a family of artists, joined the Navy at a young age and went on to travel the world to survey coastlines and oceans. He published several accounts of his expeditions to destinations including the Arctic and Africa. This two-volume work, first published in 1831, describes his voyage as commander of the Blossom in 1825–1828. The ship's mission was to support the exploration of the North-West Passage by travelling eastwards via the Bering Strait to meet the explorers Sir John Franklin and Sir Edward Parry who were travelling west from the North Atlantic. Volume 1 records Beechey's outward journey via Cape Horn, his visits to Pitcairn Island, where he met the last surviving Bounty mutineer and documented his story (retold in Chapters 3 and 4), Tahiti, and Hawai'i, and his first season exploring the Bering Strait. |
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Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait |
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Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait |
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Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait |
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Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait |
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Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait |
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narrative of a voyage to the pacific and beering's strait |
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Cambridge University Press |
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2011 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139014878 |
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ENVELOPE(-135.021,-135.021,61.583,61.583) ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-64.283,-64.283) |
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Arctic Bering Strait Cape Horn Pacific Parry |
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Arctic Bering Strait Cape Horn Pacific Parry |
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Arctic Bering Strait North Atlantic North West Passage |
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Arctic Bering Strait North Atlantic North West Passage |
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